After months of getting my butt kicked up and down the Pleiades, I finally destroyed a Cyclops for the first time today.
Twice, in fact.
The first fight, I destroyed the Cyclops with 9% hull remaining. I sat there, battered and bruised, but victorious, waiting for the corrosive cloud to dissipate so I could claim my prize: the Thargoid Heart. Finally I would be able to unlock the interceptor bobblehead.
Alas, as I waited, exhausted and proud, the cloud drifted silently over my ship, and placed its caustic substance on my hull - the last laugh of the Thargoid. Without decontamination limpets, and eating away at that 9% faster than I could overheat... I exploded.
Furious, I swore that would be the last of it today. But I was a glutton for punishment and quickly got back in the pilot's seat, only to get my backside handed to me by another Cyclops. That was it. I turned off the game.
Later in the afternoon, I felt the urge to have one more try. I got back onboard my FAS, the IXS-17 AX Aurora, and went looking for my prey.
I found her scanning a Beluga she had destroyed and I took vengeance on their behalf. After a long battle, and with only 1% hull remaining, I vanquished my adversary. I stayed far away from the cloud this time - over 5km - and waited for it to completely disappear before moving in and scooping up the Heart.
After, I had to swap ships to something with more cargo space, and juggled around the corrosion resistant cargo rack, and I made off for HIP 14405 to harvest the meta alloys.
And then, at Polya Station in the Harrigi system, I unlocked the bobblehead.
It may be nothing special to most of you who are downing Hydras in Sidewinders, but it's very significant to me.
Carry on.
Twice, in fact.
The first fight, I destroyed the Cyclops with 9% hull remaining. I sat there, battered and bruised, but victorious, waiting for the corrosive cloud to dissipate so I could claim my prize: the Thargoid Heart. Finally I would be able to unlock the interceptor bobblehead.
Alas, as I waited, exhausted and proud, the cloud drifted silently over my ship, and placed its caustic substance on my hull - the last laugh of the Thargoid. Without decontamination limpets, and eating away at that 9% faster than I could overheat... I exploded.
Furious, I swore that would be the last of it today. But I was a glutton for punishment and quickly got back in the pilot's seat, only to get my backside handed to me by another Cyclops. That was it. I turned off the game.
Later in the afternoon, I felt the urge to have one more try. I got back onboard my FAS, the IXS-17 AX Aurora, and went looking for my prey.
I found her scanning a Beluga she had destroyed and I took vengeance on their behalf. After a long battle, and with only 1% hull remaining, I vanquished my adversary. I stayed far away from the cloud this time - over 5km - and waited for it to completely disappear before moving in and scooping up the Heart.
After, I had to swap ships to something with more cargo space, and juggled around the corrosion resistant cargo rack, and I made off for HIP 14405 to harvest the meta alloys.
And then, at Polya Station in the Harrigi system, I unlocked the bobblehead.
It may be nothing special to most of you who are downing Hydras in Sidewinders, but it's very significant to me.
Carry on.
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Kudos CMDR! Your cause and dedication are worthy
